at java.io.Win32FileSystem.canonicalize(Win32FileSystem.java:354) at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:513) at org.apache.maven.MavenUtils.makeAbsolutePath(MavenUtils.java:1031) at org.apache.maven.project.Resource.resolveDirectory(Resource.java:163)

Solution Don't use backslash in build.properties file - only '/' for example:

change: org.apache.jetspeed.server.home=c:\opt\Tomcat5.5

to: org.apache.jetspeed.server.home=c:/opt/Tomcat5.5

step '5. Deploying Jetspeed into Tomcat'/'.2 maven quickStart'

Issue:

after start tomcat in file%CATALINA_HOME%\logs\stdout_????.log, you got something like this: